A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

Olive’s garden serves up a seemingly endless helping of outback delights.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.